House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA), who removed
himself from leading the committee’s own Russia probe but not from the
investigation, accused the FBI and the Justice Department of
stonewalling and obstructing the committee’s oversight work.
The FBI and the DOJ have also been stonewalling the committee on
documents related to the Trump dossier that are expected to provide key
details about the FBI’s involvement with the dossier.
The committee has been seeking answers on whether the FBI used the
dossier to obtain surveillance warrants against members of the Trump
campaign to launch the FBI’s investigation, or ever paid dossier author
Christopher Steele.
On Saturday, Nunes threatened to draft a citation for Deputy Attorney
General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray if they did
not turn over information by the close of business on Monday.
The FBI and Justice Department then agreed to make some officials
available, including Strzok and Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, but
still did not turn over requested documents to the committee.
Committee aides will start writing the contempt resolution Tuesday,
but there is no date set for the panel to consider it, according to the Examiner. If approved by the committee, it would go to the House, where Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) would have to present it for a vote.
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